Yu Zuomin committed suicide, what is the fate of his children
On an evening in March 1993, the setting sun shone on the village's unique villas, and the spacious offices were furnished with many precious decorations, making it seem as if you had traveled back in time to another era.
On this huge ondol, an old man who was already close to his sixtieth birthday sat cross-legged, with some nervous and uneasy expressions on his face, but it was quickly overshadowed by his calmness.
These days, as events unfolded, he gradually realized that he was in great trouble, and he had also drawn Daegu Village – "the first village in the world" – into an earth-shattering whirlpool.
He understands that all this is because of himself, so in order to calm this trouble, he will do whatever it takes to turn the tide of the war.
Daegu Village in Tianjin, on the saline-alkali land of North China, was originally a notoriously poor place, most of the villagers made a living by begging for food, and there was even a local folk song of "I would rather eat bran for three years than marry a woman in Daegu Village".
However, the villagers are hungry for change and need a village party secretary who can lead them out of poverty and become rich. Around 1979, Yu Zuomin, who was confident and decisive and had a strong personality, was ordered to become the village party secretary.
His philosophy of getting rich is to follow the trend, be flexible, and adapt to local conditions. He realized that the geographical conditions of Daegu Village were not suitable for agricultural development, so he decided to set up a factory, which could not only make reasonable use of the scrap steel in the village, but also solve the employment problem of the whole village, and finally successfully led Daegu Village on the road to prosperity and created the glory of Daegu Village.
Yu Zuomin is a person with a lot of action, and he will act as soon as he has an idea. However, his first steps ran into financial problems. It took at least 100,000 yuan to start the rolling mill, but based on the economic situation of Daegu at the time, he only raised half of it.
In order to make up the remaining funds, he had to borrow money from others. However, this concept of "advanced consumption" has caused dissatisfaction among some villagers, who question whether this behavior is feasible.
In the face of opposition, Yu Zuomin did not give any explanation, but promised that if the rolling mill could not get rich, he would climb to pay New Year's greetings to the villagers. His firm belief and determination have won the respect and trust of the villagers.
Yu Zuomin is well aware of the risks involved in investing in factories, especially in the steel industry, which is a monopoly of state-owned capital. However, he understands that Daegu Village has the only chance to make a fortune.
While the risks are high, so are the rewards. A reporter who visited Daegu Village published an article saying that although the village only relies on 100,000 yuan of start-up capital, the scale of more than 20 rolling mills and steel pipe factories is small, and the equipment is slightly outdated, but their advantage is that the country urgently needs this kind of steel, and the more precious the scarce materials, the more expensive the price.
Daeguzhuang Iron and Steel Plant only needs to process scrap steel and then sell it at the highest price, which can obtain a high market price difference, and the profit is very considerable.
Daegu: A Magnificent Transformation from a Poor Village to the Richest Man in the Country Once a poor village, Daegu Village has managed to transform into one of the richest villages in the country as business has prospered.
In 1990, Daegu's per capita income exceeded the national average by 10 times, and its industrial output value reached an astonishing 4 billion yuan.
In order to better receive foreign senior and overseas reporters, in 1991, Yu Zuomin spent a huge amount of money to buy 16 Daben in one go, and replaced his car with the most luxurious Mercedes-Benz S600 at that time.
He said: "I just want them to see Daegu Village and marvel at the grandeur of the Chinese peasants." This kind of bold and avant-garde thinking attracted widespread attention at the time and became "a symbol of daring to compete with the official standard".
Although Daegu Village has achieved economic prosperity, Woo Zuomin has not forgotten his status as a farmer. He has always stressed that farmers should have their own dignity and rights and should be treated fairly.
This thought deeply influenced his children, who inherited his father's business as well as his values. Overall, Daegu's success lies not only in its economic prosperity, but also in the spirit of its people.
This is a village that dares to challenge authority and pursue dreams, and a place worthy of our learning and reference.
2) The success of Daegu Village is not accidental, and Yu Zuomin's vision and courage have made the village rich. However, when he took this success for granted, he began to be self-righteous.
Yu Zuomin often portrays himself as a symbol of the peasant and is proud of it. Every time he talks to ** and reporters, he will start with "I am a farmer".
He believes that Daeguzhuang's greatest contribution is to win glory for Chinese peasants, and the infringement of his identity is an infringement on Chinese peasants. In 1992, the state invited some diplomatic envoys to visit Daegu Village, during which Yu Zuomin suddenly thought that if the young people in the village could be allowed to study abroad, and then marry foreign girls to go home and get married, then they would be able to give birth to mixed-race offspring with smart brains.
The economic conditions of Daegu Village are enough to realize this idea, but if it is ***, it may cause great controversy. In the process of Daegu Village's career in full swing, Yu Zuomin's arrogance became more and more difficult to control.
He once said to the ** who came to inspect that the head of the government is not worth mentioning, and what he really pursues is the position of deputy prime minister. In the "feudal authority kingdom" under his rule, he did not like to be called "soil emperor" by reporters, and hoped to be able to remove the word "soil" and call himself emperor.
He also compared his salary with state councilors, compared belts with ministers, and even arrogantly asked a ** leader if his office could compare with Zhongnanhai.
In the village, there was a young man who was deeply appreciated by Yu Zuomin, but was unable to join the party because of his bad conduct. Several party branch meetings failed to approve his application to join the party. Yu Zuomin announced angrily: "If you agree to him joining the party, please don't raise your hand, if you don't agree, please raise your hand." ”
Under his shock, all party members were silent, and no one dared to raise their hands to oppose it, because this was tantamount to ruining their future, and they could only dare to be angry but not speak. However, there are still people who dare to speak.
At the annual meeting of Chinese township entrepreneurs in April 1991, there were euphemistic criticisms and suggestions on Yu Zuomin's work style and complacent. But Yu Zuomin thought it was an insult to him, so he left the table angrily, and he returned to his villa before the meeting was over, and no one dared to stop him from violating the rules.
Yu Zuomin's success lies in his entrepreneurial identity, but as a ** entrepreneur, his failure lies in the abuse of power. Fairness and efficiency should be done by different people, and it is neither fair nor efficient to combine to form power.
In May 1992, Tianjin elected a representative to attend the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Yu Zuomin was not elected, although his "Yuzhuang" can do whatever he wants, but the outside world has long been dissatisfied with his work style and behavior.
On June 20, an open letter issued by the "Daegu Village Committee of the Communist Party of China" attracted wide attention from the press. The letter lists ten guidelines, the fifth of which makes it clear that Daegu will not participate in the election of party and people's congress deputies in the future.
Article 6 declares that any high-level *** visitor must present an ID card in order to be received. In addition, Article 8 calls on all Daegu cadres and workers to resist the "three chaos".
This letter not only isolated Yu Zuomin after his defeat, but also allowed his resentment and resentment to be fully expressed. At the same time, it also seems to be warning people from all walks of life in Tianjin not to antagonize Daegu Village.
3) Overconfidence Leads to Disastrous Consequences God must first make people proud and arrogant if he wants to destroy people. Yu Zuomin is a typical example of this. He's good at dancing on the tip of a knife, but what really puts him in danger is an unexpected event.
In December 1992, the manager of Wanquan Company died, and the company's salesman, Wei Fuhe, found that the deceased manager may be involved in ** during the routine audit process. Upon hearing the news, Daegu immediately sealed it down and sent four people to find him and illegally detain him.
On December 13, Wei Fuhe was brutally beaten to death, with more than 300 wounds all over his body. These more than 20 ** people realized that they had made a big mistake and hurriedly reported it to the "old man" Yu Zuomin.
Yu Zuomin thought that as long as he could keep the reputation of Daegu Village, killing a person was not a big deal, so he decided to shield these ** people. He said: "More than 20 people are too much, and the noodles are too big.
It's better to find a few reliable people to take the blame on, so that you don't get them in. Big things are small, and small things are small. According to Yu Zuomin's instructions, four people were finally selected to bear the accident and the caliber was unified.
When Yu Zuomin learned about it, he said proudly: "Okay, just do it!" This time, the Public Security Bureau couldn't find out in a daze! He took the four of them out of Daegu overnight and hid to "avoid the limelight" until he settled the matter.
In January 1993, law enforcement dispatched six forensics officers to Daegu Village to investigate, but Woo Zuomin made things difficult for them on various grounds and illegally detained them for 13 hours without food or drink.
This blatant confrontation with the law attracted the attention of law enforcement, who then issued arrest warrants for the four suspects and sent police officers to besiege Daegu, but they were all kept out by various means.
The main reason is that the villagers will not hesitate to fight for their lives and rise up to resist, they have long regarded Yu Zuomin as an omnipotent "savior", and it is he who leads them out of the predicament and towards prosperity.
Now that the "benefactor" is in trouble, the villagers are worried that these policemen will destroy their financial routes, so at the instigation of Yu Zuomin, they start a head-on conflict with the police.
Fearing that innocent people would be injured by mistake, the public security officers had to evacuate temporarily. But if it comes to the time of real saber rattling, the village has 15 automatic rifles and 2,000 rounds of ammunition to fight against **, what will be the result, although Yu Zuomin escaped by luck, he did not think it through, and always thought that he was not wrong.
In Tianjin, a fierce standoff broke out in the early hours of February 18. More than 400 heavily armed armed police blocked all the passages in Daegu Village and confronted tens of thousands of villagers and workers armed with controlled knives or sticks and steel pipes for three days and three nights.
Woo Zuomin realized that Daegu Village was in a deep crisis, so he announced his temporary resignation and negotiated with the senior **. Eventually, the armed police were allowed to enter this mysterious "feudal kingdom" to search for criminals.
However, after the search found nothing, Yu gave false testimony that the four prisoners had fled, but in fact they were hiding in the basement of the villa. No matter how cunning a criminal is, no matter how cunning he is, he cannot escape the punishment of the law.
In March, the city and city party committees sent a working group to Daegu and confiscated all the illegal projects. Yu Zuomin**, but this news did not cause a sensation in the country, and was even downplayed.
During the Spring Festival, Yu Zuomin appeared at the ** TV Spring Festival Gala with a smile on his face. On March 16, he still participated in the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and various activities were still beautiful, which shows the great power of Yu Zuomin at that time.
On August 27, a Tianjin court sentenced Yu Zuomin to 20 years in prison on five charges, including harboring, obstructing official business, offering bribes, and illegally detaining, and arrested a total of 26 people, including Yu Zuomin's son, Yu Shaozheng, who was the No. 2 person in Daeguzhuang.
Yu Zuomin was a wealthy businessman in the 90s of the last century, and although his success brought great wealth, it was difficult to control himself, which eventually led to the tragedy of self-destruction.
His family also suffered a major blow as a result, especially his two sons and three daughters. Among them, the second son, Yu Shaozheng, once served as the deputy general manager and secretary of the Youth League Committee of the Daegu Zhuang Agricultural and Industrial Corporation in Jinghai County, Tianjin, but was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the court trial.
The other children also found it difficult to accept the decline of the family, and when they heard that their father had died in prison, they made a request to bring their father home.
After a meeting, the relevant departments of Tianjin Municipality decided that Yu Zuomin's body would be cremated on the spot. His eldest son, Yu Shaoguo, and after his release from prison, Yu Shaozheng are currently working elsewhere, barely making ends meet, and did not stay in Tianjin.
The three daughters were also scattered in Tianjin, barely surviving, and since then they have faded out of public view, and rarely even returned to their hometowns. The villa where Yu Zuomin and his descendants live together is idle because of unclear property rights, surrounded by weeds, and dusty doors and windows, which is emotional.
Forty years of reform and opening up, countless brilliant dreams. Some people rely on the right time and place to sail the business sea; Some people are still in the wind and clouds one second, but the next second they are bursting due to the anthill.
The hardships and courage behind success are little known, and the figures of those who have been eliminated in the dust of history are also difficult to detect. It takes a great deal of courage and perseverance to survive on the cusp of this era, yet the possibility of falling is often there.
Yu Zuomin is a typical example, who failed to recognize the limitations of his own history, let alone correct his mistakes. Only through continuous learning and maintaining humility and prudence can we avoid complacency and move forward steadily.